It sounds so good to have everyone going to Heaven. But the old spiritual declares that “not everyone talkin’ about Heaven is a-goin’ there.” That coincides with Biblical teaching.
The teachings on this subject can be divided into three persuasions: 1) what a person does has no bearing on his salvation 2) Salvation is unconditional and irreversible 3) Salvation is only valid so long as a person abides in Christ. What does the Bible say on this subject?
It’s serious enough when men rob men of that which is good, but the natural universe is the property of God clearly, marked with the ink of God’s directives and divine signature. Naturalism/moral relativism has neither science nor the good of humanity on its side.
Noah’s ark was built to God’s design to save humanity for God. Babel, in contrast, was to be built to save man apart from God. Are there parallels of these two buildings in today's world?
How does the sovereign God relate to the will of men and women? Are the seeming choices people make merely puppet-like movements, with God as the divine, behind-the-scenes manipulator? If we have the free exercise of will, is it of any serious consequence what we do with it?
The question none can answer is this: what is the point of pushing for the legitimacy of homosexual pursuits, and raising up a counter institution to marriage that obliterates the legitimate institution for children, and that furthers no social or human good? And what will happen to the children?
The return of Christ is validated in the faithful Word and works of God. The fact that the exact date of Christ's return is unknown does not change the certainty of this future event. Yet for the moment, God is still holding out, waiting in patience and mercy.
Some promote the idea that God has given us two books of comparable value—the Bible and the “book” of nature. But they are not equal. It is the Scriptures—not nature—that unerringly point to God and to the answers of the Gospel of Jesus Christ.